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Want to Try Hunting? Take a Hunter Education Class or Enroll in Utah’s Trial Hunting Program

Want to Try Hunting? Take a Hunter Education Class or Enroll in Utah’s Trial Hunting Program

Division of Wildlife Resources Press Release SALT LAKE CITY — If you are interested in trying hunting for the first time this fall or winter, you’ll need to either take a hunter education class or participate in Utah’s Trial Hunting Program. If...

Purpose that pays off: How Utah companies can align with the right nonprofits for lasting impact

Purpose that pays off: How Utah companies can align with the right nonprofits for lasting impact

Utah is one of the most philanthropic states in the nation. We’re generous, tight-knit, and — let’s be honest — a little competitive about doing good. But sometimes, that goodwill funnels into the same familiar circles year after year, often...

Guest opinion: Utah’s sky-high tech ambitions are a bet worth making

Guest opinion: Utah’s sky-high tech ambitions are a bet worth making

Utah’s Silicon Slopes aren’t the next Silicon Valley. They represent something more distinctive — a canvas with the right values and just enough infrastructure to make it work. That makes it a rare thing in 2025: a state where forward-thinking...

Opinion: State trust land exchange efforts can benefit public lands and development in Utah

Opinion: State trust land exchange efforts can benefit public lands and development in Utah

With Sen. Mike Lee’s proposed public lands sale proposal excised from the “Big Beautiful Bill” and the Republican leadership likely not revisiting a painful controversy anytime soon, now may be a good time to reflect more deliberately on how some...

The Best Hidden Spot to See Wildlife in Every State

The Best Hidden Spot to See Wildlife in Every State

It doesn't take a safari or a remote jungle trek to witness wild animals in their natural settings. Across the U.S., lesser-known parks, refuges, and natural spaces offer prime views of native species without the crowds. You can watch elk graze at...

Green Tips: What kind of milk is the most sustainable?

Green Tips: What kind of milk is the most sustainable?

Almonds require an abundance of water to grow. But what about almond milk? Oat, soy, coconut, pea, or … good old dairy? Which is most sustainable? Calculating the water and carbon footprint of milk is complicated, as multiple stages are...

State officials urge caution as algae bloom and pathogen season begins in Utah waters

State officials urge caution as algae bloom and pathogen season begins in Utah waters

UTAH — With Utahns flocking to lakes, reservoirs, and rivers to beat the heat, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reminding the public to be cautious of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and waterborne pathogens, both of which can...

Tips For Hosting A Wedding In Utah’s National Parks

Tips For Hosting A Wedding In Utah’s National Parks

Wedding season is in full season in Utah and will likely continue through Fall as the weather cools down a bit. The beehive state has stunning locations for weddings, but one of the most unique (and very Utah) may be at its national parks. Utah...

New solution to child care crisis opens in Salt Lake City

New solution to child care crisis opens in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY — The first apartment complex in Utah with on-site, low-cost child care opens this week. Organizers believe it could be a model for other communities. The Spark Apartments offer a high-demand amenity that no other Utah apartment...

Utah Bath & Body Works manager says she was fired over company's pronoun policy

Utah Bath & Body Works manager says she was fired over company's pronoun policy

Wisconsin man Spencer Wimmer is asking the Trump administration to fight on his behalf after he says he was forced to choose between his livelihood and "love for God." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Bath & Body Works store...

Another energy project in Utah approved with expansion of oil train facility

The Trump administration has approved another project in Utah under the president’s national energy emergency declaration, green-lighting the expansion of a facility in Carbon County that will allow for increased oil exports. Once it’s completed,...

Fall weather: Here's what to expect in Arizona this year

Fall weather: Here's what to expect in Arizona this year

While summer 2025 has been pretty average so far — especially compared with previous years — it's still hot! The first monsoon storms of the year provided the Valley with some much-needed relief, but there's still a long wait before the...

Stubborn prices still make Utah the country’s 9th most expensive housing market

Stubborn prices still make Utah the country’s 9th most expensive housing market

This isn’t a surprise to anyone looking for a new home, but maybe you should sit down anyway. Utah is the nation’s ninth most expensive housing market now, with an average home price sitting around $506,000 — but the price of sought-after...

Blue Ribbon Fisheries program allocates $450K to enhance some of Utah’s best fishing spots during 2025-26 projects

Blue Ribbon Fisheries program allocates $450K to enhance some of Utah’s best fishing spots during 2025-26 projects

Blue Ribbon Fisheries are waterbodies that provide some of Utah’s most exceptional, high-quality fishing experiences. The program that designates and helps fund these fisheries recently allocated $450,000 toward nine projects aimed at enhancing...

Access to part of Bonneville Shoreline Trail restricted under new Utah law

Access to part of Bonneville Shoreline Trail restricted under new Utah law

OREM — If you want to access certain areas of Utah that are designated for wildlife, you have to buy a hunting or fishing license. That’s according to a new state law, which took effect in May. But part of the popular Bonneville Shoreline Trail is...

Flash flood-prone counties in Utah watching, learning from Texas flooding aftermath

Flash flood-prone counties in Utah watching, learning from Texas flooding aftermath

EMERY COUNTY — With the death toll rising and many more still missing, the flooding in Texas this week quickly caught the attention of Utah’s flash flood-prone counties, and at least one sheriff said Tuesday that the ordeal was likely to lead to...

Goodwill in eastern Idaho, aims to improve environment and community by hand ups, not hand outs 

Since 1902, Goodwill has focused on ending poverty and improving communities all around the United States and Canada. Here in eastern Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah, Easterseals Goodwill focuses on the same mission with stores in Idaho Falls and...

Conservation-minded interns assist U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Conservation-minded interns assist U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Different paths led a pair of bio-interns to the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, but both are ardent about preserving wildlife and the environment. Kiana Itschner-Washington and Ari Huang are at the refuge as part of...

Park City Chamber awards sustainability grants to local organizations

Park City Chamber awards sustainability grants to local organizations

The 3rd annual Sustainable Tourism Grants gave up to $30,000 to each awardee, including winter cross-country ski access at Summit Land Conservancy’s Osguthorpe Farm, recycling events with Recycle Utah and voluntourism programs with the National...

Natchitoches Flipping Athletics Shines at the Future Flyer Faceoff in Ogden, Utah

Natchitoches Flipping Athletics Shines at the Future Flyer Faceoff in Ogden, Utah

Natchitoches, LA – Natchitoches Flipping Athletics (NFA) proudly announces their outstanding performance at the prestigious Future Flyer Faceoff competition held at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. The regional youth co-ed partner stunting...

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